CN116170122A

CN116170122A - Method, terminal and network side equipment for activating or deactivating Gap

Info

Publication number: CN116170122A
Application number: CN202111407241.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘选兵; 杨晓东
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-24
Filing date: 2021-11-24
Publication date: 2023-05-26
Also published as: WO2023093709A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a method, a terminal and network side equipment for activating or deactivating Gap, which belong to the technical field of communication and comprise the following steps: the terminal receives configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap; the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap.

Description

Method, terminal and network side equipment for activating or deactivating Gap

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a Gap activating or deactivating method, a terminal and network side equipment.

Background

In radio resource management (Radio Resource Management, RRM) measurements (SSB measurements, for example), if the target synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel signal block/synchronization signal block (Synchronization Signal and PBCH block, SSB) is not contained in the currently active BandWidth Part (BWP), measurements based on SSB will require measurement Gap (referred to simply as Gap). However, for the preconfigured Gap, how to automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap in multi-carrier (such as carrier aggregation) is a technical problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method for activating or deactivating Gap, a terminal and network side equipment, which can solve the problem that communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap in multi-carrier.

In a first aspect, a method for activating or deactivating Gap is provided, comprising: the terminal receives configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap; the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap.

In a second aspect, there is provided a method of activating or deactivating Gap comprising: the network side equipment sends configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap; the configuration information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configuration Gap according to a target rule; the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap; and the network side equipment automatically activates or deactivates the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule.

In a third aspect, there is provided an apparatus for activating or deactivating Gap, comprising: the receiving module is used for receiving configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap; the processing module is used for automatically activating or deactivating the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided an apparatus for activating or deactivating Gap, comprising: the sending module is used for sending configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap; the configuration information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configuration Gap according to a target rule; the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap; and the processing module is used for automatically activating or deactivating the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, where the processor is configured to automatically activate or deactivate a preconfigured Gap according to a target rule; wherein, the pre-configured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or a cell group, and the communication interface is used for receiving configuration information of the pre-configured Gap; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap.

In a seventh aspect, a network side device is provided, comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

An eighth aspect provides a network side device, including a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is configured to send configuration information of a preconfigured Gap; the configuration information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configuration Gap according to a target rule; the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap; the processor is used for automatically activating or deactivating the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a system for activating or deactivating Gap, comprising: a terminal operable to perform the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, and a network side device operable to perform the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions which when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method according to the first aspect or performs the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the processor being coupled, the processor being for running a program or instructions, implementing the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, or implementing the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, there is provided a computer program/program product stored in a storage medium, the computer program/program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect or to implement the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, after receiving the configuration information of the preconfigured Gap, the terminal can automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap according to the target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or Cell Group (Cell Group). The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap in the multi-carrier process, and is convenient for improving the communication performance; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a method of activating or deactivating Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method of activating or deactivating Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a device for activating or deactivating Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a device for activating or deactivating Gap according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a network-side device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application are within the scope of the protection of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein, and that the terms "first" and "second" are generally intended to be used in a generic sense and not to limit the number of objects, for example, the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally means a relationship in which the associated object is an "or" before and after.

It is noted that the techniques described in embodiments of the present application are not limited to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTE evolution (LTE-Advanced, LTE-a) systems, but may also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), time division multiple access (Time Division Multiple Access, TDMA), frequency division multiple access (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the techniques described may be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New air interface (NR) system for purposes of example and uses NR terminology in much of the description that follows, but these techniques are also applicable to applications other than NR system applications, such as generation 6 (6) ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network device 12. The terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop (Laptop Computer) or a terminal-side Device called a notebook, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a palm top, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal Computer (ultra-mobile personal Computer, UMPC), a mobile internet appliance (Mobile Internet Device, MID), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) Device, a robot, a Wearable Device (weather Device), a vehicle-mounted Device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), a smart home (home Device with a wireless communication function, such as a refrigerator, a television, a washing machine, or a furniture), a game machine, a personal Computer (personal Computer, PC), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, and the Wearable Device includes: intelligent wrist-watch, intelligent bracelet, intelligent earphone, intelligent glasses, intelligent ornament (intelligent bracelet, intelligent ring, intelligent necklace, intelligent anklet, intelligent foot chain etc.), intelligent wrist strap, intelligent clothing etc.. Note that, the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network-side device 12 may comprise an access network device or core network device, wherein the access network device may also be referred to as a radio access network device, a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), a radio access network function or a radio access network element. The access network device may include a base station, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, or the like, where the base station may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), an extended service set (Extended Service Set, ESS), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a transmission receiving point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the field, and the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary so long as the same technical effect is achieved, and it should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is described by way of example, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

The method for activating or deactivating Gap provided by the embodiments of the present application is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through some embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

As shown in fig. 2, the present embodiment provides a method 200 of activating or deactivating Gap, which may be performed by a terminal, in other words, by software or hardware installed in the terminal, the method including the following steps.

S202: the terminal receives configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap.

In this embodiment, the terminal may receive a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) message including configuration information of the preconfigured Gap. Alternatively, the RRC message may be an RRC reconfiguration message.

Optionally, the configuration information may include at least one of: 1) Configuration of the pre-configuration Gap, such as Gap period, length, offset (Offset), and the like. 2) Pre-configuring one or more cell groups associated with Gap; or one or more secondary cells; or one or more BWP. 3) The indication information of the preconfigured Gap is automatically activated or deactivated. 4) Reporting configuration, when the terminal is configured to allow reporting, the terminal reports target state information, which is described in detail later.

S204: the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or Cell Group (Cell Group).

Wherein the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap.

The target rules may be predefined, as agreed upon by the protocol; but also can be configured by network side equipment. The BWP combination may include a plurality of BWP, which may belong to different cells, for example, BWP1 and BWP2 are included in the BWP combination, wherein BWP1 belongs to cell 1 and BWP2 belongs to cell 2. The cell group may include a plurality of cells.

In this embodiment, the terminal may automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap according to the target rule. Of course, the terminal may also refer to other information to automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap, for example, the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the preconfigured Gap according to the target rule and the target configuration information. The target configuration information is described in detail later.

Alternatively, the target rule may include at least one of the following 1) to 4):

1) The preconfigured Gap is deactivated (deactivated) in the BWP combination if the preconfigured Gap is not needed for measurement of any configuration on all BWP in the BWP combination.

Measurements of the configuration referred to herein, e.g., SSB measurements of the configuration, etc. The preconfigured Gap is not needed for any configured measurement, for example, because configured measurement resources (such as frequency domain resources) are in the BWP combination, the terminal can perform measurement without preconfigured Gap, and the preconfigured Gap can be in a deactivated state.

2) The preconfigured Gap is activated (activated) in the BWP combination if the preconfigured Gap is required for measurement of at least one configuration on at least one BWP in the BWP combination.

Measurements of the configuration referred to herein, e.g., SSB measurements of the configuration, etc. The pre-configured Gap is required for at least one configured measurement, for example, because configured measurement resources (such as frequency domain resources) are outside the BWP combination, and thus the terminal needs to perform measurement by the pre-configured Gap, the pre-configured Gap may be in an active state.

3) If in the cell group the preconfigured Gap is not needed for any configured measurements, the preconfigured Gap is deactivated in the cell group.

Measurements of the configuration referred to herein, e.g., SSB measurements of the configuration, etc. The preconfigured Gap is not needed by any configured measurement, for example, because the configured measurement resources (such as frequency domain resources) are in the cell group, the terminal can perform measurement without the preconfigured Gap, and the preconfigured Gap can be in a deactivated state.

4) The preconfigured Gap is active in the cell group if it is required for measurement of at least one configuration in the cell group.

Measurements of the configuration referred to herein, e.g., SSB measurements of the configuration, etc. The pre-configured Gap is required for at least one configured measurement, for example, because the configured measurement resources (such as frequency domain resources) are outside the cell group, and thus the terminal needs to perform measurement by the pre-configured Gap, the pre-configured Gap may be in an active state.

According to the method for activating or deactivating the Gap, after the terminal receives the configuration information of the pre-configured Gap, the pre-configured Gap can be automatically activated or deactivated according to the target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or Cell Group (Cell Group). The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap in the multi-carrier process, and is convenient for improving the communication performance; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

For the above-mentioned improvement of communication performance, for example, the terminal can automatically deactivate the preconfigured Gap according to the target rule, so that resource waste caused by Gap is avoided, and the improvement of data throughput of the terminal and the network side equipment is facilitated; for another example, the terminal can automatically activate the preconfigured Gap according to the target rule, which is beneficial to the terminal to measure according to the preconfigured Gap and improve the communication performance.

For the above-mentioned benefits to saving signaling overhead, for example, if the network-side device configures the state of the preconfigured Gap by carrier elements (Component Carrier, CCs) or BWP, the signaling overhead is too large due to the larger number of CCs and the larger number of BWP combinations. According to the embodiment of the application, the terminal can automatically deactivate the pre-configuration Gap according to the target rule, so that signaling overhead is saved.

Optionally, in embodiment 200, the terminal automatically activating or deactivating the preconfigured Gap according to a target rule may include: the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule and target configuration information associated with the pre-configured Gap; wherein the target configuration information includes at least one of: 1) One or more cell groups associated with the preconfigured Gap, which is applicable to the case that the preconfigured Gap is associated with the cell group; 2) One or more secondary cells (scells) associated with the preconfigured Gap, which example applies to the case where the preconfigured Gap is associated with a secondary cell; 3) One or more BWP associated with the preconfigured Gap, which example applies to the case where the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination; 4) The indication information is used for indicating automatic activation or deactivation of the pre-configuration Gap; 5) Reporting configuration information, wherein the reporting configuration information is used for reporting target state information when the terminal is configured to allow reporting.

It should be noted that any one of the above 1) to 3) may be freely combined with 4) and 5).

The target configuration information in this embodiment may be a part of the configuration information received by the terminal in S202, for example, the configuration information received by the terminal in S202 includes not only the target configuration information but also the configuration of the pre-configuration Gap, etc.; alternatively, the target configuration information in this embodiment may be identical to the configuration information received by the terminal in S202.

In this embodiment, before the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the preconfigured Gap according to the target rule, the method further includes: the terminal receives an RRC reconfiguration message, which includes the target configuration information.

Optionally, the target configuration information is carried by at least one of the following in the RRC reconfiguration message: measuring Gap configuration information; secondary cell configuration information; cell group configuration information.

Optionally, before the terminal receives the RRC reconfiguration message, the method further includes: the terminal sends capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, wherein the capability information comprises at least one of the following components: 1) Automatically activating or deactivating the capability information of the preconfigured Gap; 2) Reporting the capability information of the state of the preconfigured Gap; 3) Preconfigured Gap capability information at multi-cell group (Multiple Cell Group); 4) Preconfiguring Gap capability information during carrier aggregation; 5) Preconfiguring Gap capability information in a multi-carrier unit; 6) Pre-configuring Gap capability information in single carrier unit; 7) Preconfigured Gap capability information at BWP combining; 8) The capability information received by the carrier unit means that the terminal supports the radio frequency capability received by the carrier, and has a larger receiving range, so that the network side equipment can configure the target configuration information by the carrier; 9) The capability information received by BWP means that the terminal supports the radio frequency capability received by carrier, and can adjust the radio frequency reception to a smaller receiving range, so that the network side device can configure the target configuration information by BWP.

In this embodiment, the capability information reported by the terminal may be used for the network side device to determine or send the target configuration information. For example, the network side device may send the target configuration information related to the preconfigured Gap according to the capability information.

Optionally, the method provided in the foregoing embodiments further includes: the terminal transmits target state information, wherein the target state information comprises at least one of the following: 1) An identification (Gap ID) of the preconfigured Gap; 2) The state of the pre-configured Gap comprises an activated state or a deactivated state; 3) The state of the preconfigured Gap after the state is changed; 4) An indication that the preconfigured Gap is active after BWP switching; 6) After BWP switching, the preconfigured Gap is an indication of a deactivated state; 6) An indication of a change in the status of the preconfigured Gap; 7) An indication that a timer-based BWP switch (Timer based BWP switch) is occurring; 8) Identification of activated BWP; 9) The BWP combined information after BWP switching at least includes a plurality of BWP information and carrier units where BWP corresponding to the BWP combined information is located.

The above-mentioned target state information may be carried by a medium access control element (Media Access Control Control Element, MAC CE) message or an RRC message.

Optionally, the terminal sending the target state information includes: the terminal sends target state information under the condition that target conditions are met; wherein the target condition includes at least one of: 1) Allowing automatic activation or deactivation of the preconfigured Gap; 2) The terminal is configured to allow reporting; 3) A timer-based BWP handoff occurs; 4) BWP switching based on the downlink control information (Downlink Control Information, DCI) occurs; 5) The state of the preconfigured Gap is changed; 6) The state of the preconfigured Gap is changed into an activated state; 7) The state of the preconfigured Gap changes to a deactivated state.

Optionally, the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the preconfigured Gap according to a target rule, including: and under the condition that the terminal receives the confirmation information corresponding to the target state information, the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule.

In this embodiment, after receiving the acknowledgement information sent by the network side device, the terminal activates or deactivates or changes the state of the preconfigured Gap, where the acknowledgement information is an acknowledgement of the target state information. The embodiment is convenient for the network side equipment and the terminal to understand the state of the preconfigured Gap consistently, and improves the reliability of transmission.

In one example, the terminal reports the target state information when the BWP conversion or the state change occurs, so as to avoid inconsistent understanding of Gap state by the terminal and the network side device caused by automatic state update, and improve transmission reliability.

Alternatively, the acknowledgement information may be carried by a MAC CE or RRC message. In one example, the acknowledgement information is a radio link control (Radio Link Control, RLC) Acknowledgement (ACK).

In order to describe in detail the method of activating or deactivating Gap provided in embodiments of the present application, several specific embodiments will be described below.

Example 1

This embodiment mainly describes a configuration process of pre-configuring Gap, and includes the following steps: the terminal receives an RRC reconfiguration message containing configuration information for one or more preconfigured gaps, the configuration information including at least one of:

1) Configuration of the pre-configuration Gap, such as Gap period, length, offset (Offset), and the like.

2) One or more cell groups, or one or more secondary cells, or one or more BWP associated with the Gap are preconfigured.

3) The indication information of the preconfigured Gap is automatically activated or deactivated.

4) Reporting configuration, when the terminal is configured to allow reporting, the terminal reports the target state information.

Alternatively, the configuration information may be carried by measurement Gap configuration information, secondary cell configuration information or cell group configuration information.

Example two

This embodiment mainly describes a method in which a terminal automatically activates or deactivates a preconfigured Gap at the time of carrier aggregation (Carrier Aggregation, CA). This embodiment may be performed on the basis of the first embodiment, i.e. after the terminal receives the configuration information.

In this embodiment, during carrier aggregation, the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the preconfigured Gap according to a target rule, where the target rule includes at least one of:

1) If measurement Gap is not required for measurement of any configuration across all BWP in the associated BWP combination, measurement Gap is deactivated in the BWP combination.

2) If on any one BWP of the associated BWP combination, the measurement Gap is active (activated) in that BWP combination if it is required for measurement of one or more configurations.

Example III

This embodiment mainly describes a method for automatically activating or deactivating a preconfigured Gap by a terminal in Multi-radio access technology dual connectivity (Multi-rate-Dual Connectivity, MR-DC). This embodiment may be performed on the basis of the first embodiment, i.e. after the terminal receives the configuration information.

In this embodiment, in MR-DC, the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the preconfigured Gap according to a target rule comprising at least one of:

1) If in a Cell Group (Cell Group) measurement Gap is not required for measurement of any configuration, measurement Gap is deactivated in that Cell Group.

2) If in a Cell Group (Cell Group) a measurement Gap is required for one or more configured measurements, the measurement Gap is active in that Cell Group.

Example IV

The embodiment mainly describes a reporting process of the target state information, and the embodiment can be performed on the basis of the second embodiment.

In this embodiment, the terminal reports the target state information when the target condition is satisfied.

The target condition comprises at least one of: 1) Allowing automatic activation or deactivation of the preconfigured Gap; 2) The terminal is configured to allow reporting; 3) A timer-based BWP handoff occurs; 4) BWP switching based on the downlink control information DCI occurs; 5) The state of the preconfigured Gap is changed; 6) The state of the preconfigured Gap is changed into an activated state; 7) The state of the preconfigured Gap changes to a deactivated state.

The target state information includes at least one of: 1) The state of the preconfigured Gap after the state change; 2) Pre-configuring Gap as an indication of an active state after BWP switching; 3) The active BWP, i.e. the active BWP where the terminal is located after the BWP handover occurs.

Optionally, the target state information is carried by a MAC CE.

Optionally, after receiving the acknowledgement information sent by the network side device, the terminal activates or deactivates or changes the state of the preconfigured Gap, where the acknowledgement information is acknowledgement of the network side device to the target state information.

Example five

This embodiment mainly describes a capability reporting procedure of the terminal, and this embodiment may be performed on the basis of any one or more of the first to fourth embodiments.

In this embodiment, the terminal reports terminal capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, where the terminal capability information includes at least one of the following: 1) Automatically activating or deactivating the capability information of the preconfigured Gap; 2) Reporting the capability information of the state of the preconfigured Gap; 3) Preconfigured Gap capability information at multi-cell group (Multiple Cell Group); 4) Preconfiguring Gap capability information during carrier aggregation; 5) Preconfiguring Gap capability information in a multi-carrier unit; 6) Pre-configuring Gap capability information in single carrier unit; 7) Preconfigured Gap capability information at BWP combining; 8) Capability information received per carrier unit; the terminal supports the radio frequency capability received according to the carrier wave and has a larger receiving range, so that the network can configure the target configuration information according to the carrier wave; 9) Capability information received in BWP means that the terminal supports radio frequency capability received in carrier, and can adjust the radio frequency reception to a smaller reception range, so that the network can configure the target configuration information in BWP.

Optionally, the network side device sends the target configuration information according to the terminal capability information.

The method of activating or deactivating Gap according to embodiments of the present application is described in detail above in connection with fig. 2. A method of activating or deactivating Gap according to another embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below in conjunction with fig. 3. It will be appreciated that the interaction of the network side device with the terminal described from the network side device is the same as or corresponds to the description of the terminal side in the method shown in fig. 2, and the relevant description is omitted as appropriate to avoid repetition.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method for activating or deactivating Gap according to an embodiment of the present application, which may be applied to a network device. As shown in fig. 3, the method 300 includes the following steps.

S302: the network side equipment sends configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap; the configuration information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configuration Gap according to a target rule; the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap.

S304: and the network side equipment automatically activates or deactivates the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule.

According to the method for activating or deactivating the Gap, the network side equipment sends configuration information of the pre-configured Gap, and the terminal and the network side equipment can automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or Cell Group (Cell Group). The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap in the multi-carrier process, and is convenient for improving the communication performance; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the target rule includes at least one of the following 1) to 4):

1) The preconfigured Gap is deactivated in the BWP combination if the preconfigured Gap is not needed for measurement of any configuration on all BWP in the BWP combination.

2) The preconfigured Gap is active in the BWP combination if the preconfigured Gap is required for measurement of at least one configuration on at least one BWP in the BWP combination.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the method further includes: the network side equipment sends an RRC reconfiguration message which comprises target configuration information; the target configuration information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule and the target configuration information.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the target configuration information includes at least one of: 1) One or more cell groups associated with the preconfigured Gap; 2) One or more secondary cells associated with the preconfigured Gap; 3) One or more BWP associated with the preconfigured Gap; 4) The indication information is used for indicating automatic activation or deactivation of the pre-configuration Gap; 5) Reporting configuration information, wherein the reporting configuration information is used for reporting target state information when the terminal is configured to allow reporting.

Optionally, as an embodiment, before the network side device sends the RRC reconfiguration message, the method further includes: the network side equipment receives capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, wherein the capability information comprises at least one of the following components: 1) Automatically activating or deactivating the capability information of the preconfigured Gap; 2) Reporting the capability information of the state of the preconfigured Gap; 3) Preconfiguring Gap capability information in the multi-cell group; 4) Preconfiguring Gap capability information during carrier aggregation; 5) Preconfiguring Gap capability information in a multi-carrier unit; 6) Pre-configuring Gap capability information in single carrier unit; 7) Preconfigured Gap capability information at BWP combining; 8) Capability information received per carrier unit; 9) Capability information received in BWP.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the method further includes: and the network side equipment determines the target configuration information according to the capability information.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the method further includes: the network side equipment receives target state information, wherein the target state information comprises at least one of the following components: 1) The mark of the pre-configuration Gap; 2) The state of the pre-configured Gap comprises an activated state or a deactivated state; 3) The state of the preconfigured Gap after the state is changed; 4) An indication that the preconfigured Gap is active after BWP switching; 5) After BWP switching, the preconfigured Gap is an indication of a deactivated state; 6) An indication of a change in the status of the preconfigured Gap; 7) An indication that a timer-based BWP handoff is occurring; 8) Identification of activated BWP; 9) The BWP combined information after BWP switching at least includes a plurality of BWP information and carrier units where BWP corresponding to the BWP combined information is located.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the method further includes: the network side equipment sends confirmation information corresponding to the target state information; the confirmation information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule under the condition that the confirmation information is received by the terminal.

The method for activating or deactivating the Gap provided by the embodiment of the application, the execution body can be a device for activating or deactivating the Gap. In the embodiments of the present application, a method for executing activation or deactivation of Gap by using a device for activating or deactivating Gap is taken as an example, and the device for activating or deactivating Gap provided in the embodiments of the present application is described.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a device for activating or deactivating Gap according to an embodiment of the present application, which may correspond to a terminal in other embodiments. As shown in fig. 4, the apparatus 400 includes the following modules.

The receiving module 402 may be configured to receive configuration information of the preconfigured Gap.

A processing module 404, configured to automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap according to a target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap.

According to the device for activating or deactivating the Gap, after the configuration information of the pre-configured Gap is received, the processing module can automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or Cell Group (Cell Group). The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap in the multi-carrier process, and is convenient for improving the communication performance; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the processing module 404 is configured to automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap according to a target rule and target configuration information associated with the preconfigured Gap; wherein the target configuration information includes at least one of: 1) One or more cell groups associated with the preconfigured Gap; 2) One or more secondary cells associated with the preconfigured Gap; 3) One or more BWP associated with the preconfigured Gap; 4) The indication information is used for indicating automatic activation or deactivation of the pre-configuration Gap; 5) Reporting configuration information, where the reporting configuration information is used to report target state information when the device is configured to allow reporting.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the receiving module 402 is further configured to: and receiving an RRC reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises the target configuration information.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the apparatus further includes a sending module, configured to send capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, where the capability information includes at least one of: 1) Automatically activating or deactivating the capability information of the preconfigured Gap; 2) Reporting the capability information of the state of the preconfigured Gap; 3) Preconfiguring Gap capability information in the multi-cell group; 4) Preconfiguring Gap capability information during carrier aggregation; 5) Preconfiguring Gap capability information in a multi-carrier unit; 6) Pre-configuring Gap capability information in single carrier unit; 7) Preconfigured Gap capability information at BWP combining; 8) Capability information received per carrier unit; 9) Capability information received in BWP.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the apparatus further includes a sending module, configured to send target state information, where the target state information includes at least one of: 1) The mark of the pre-configuration Gap; 2) The state of the pre-configured Gap comprises an activated state or a deactivated state; 3) The state of the preconfigured Gap after the state is changed; 4) An indication that the preconfigured Gap is active after BWP switching; 5) After BWP switching, the preconfigured Gap is an indication of a deactivated state; 6) An indication of a change in the status of the preconfigured Gap; 7) An indication that a timer-based BWP handoff is occurring; 8) Identification of activated BWP; 9) The BWP combined information after BWP switching at least includes a plurality of BWP information and carrier units where BWP corresponding to the BWP combined information is located.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the sending module is configured to send the target state information if the target condition is met; wherein the target condition includes at least one of: 1) Allowing automatic activation or deactivation of the preconfigured Gap; 2) The apparatus is configured to allow reporting; 3) A timer-based BWP handoff occurs; 4) BWP switching based on the downlink control information DCI occurs; 5) The state of the preconfigured Gap is changed; 6) The state of the preconfigured Gap is changed into an activated state; 7) The state of the preconfigured Gap changes to a deactivated state.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the processing module 404 is configured to automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap according to a target rule if the receiving module 402 receives acknowledgement information corresponding to the target state information.

The apparatus 400 according to the embodiment of the present application may refer to the flow of the method 200 corresponding to the embodiment of the present application, and each unit/module in the apparatus 400 and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively for implementing the corresponding flow in the method 200, and may achieve the same or equivalent technical effects, which are not described herein for brevity.

The device for activating or deactivating Gap in the embodiments of the present application may be an electronic device, for example, an electronic device with an operating system, or may be a component in an electronic device, for example, an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or may be other devices than a terminal. By way of example, terminals may include, but are not limited to, the types of terminals 11 listed above, other devices may be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), etc., and embodiments of the application are not specifically limited.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for activating or deactivating Gap according to an embodiment of the present application, which may correspond to the network side device in other embodiments. As shown in fig. 5, the apparatus 500 includes the following modules.

A sending module 502, configured to send configuration information of the preconfigured Gap; the configuration information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configuration Gap according to a target rule; the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap.

A processing module 504 may be configured to automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap according to the target rule.

According to the device for activating or deactivating the Gap, the sending module sends the configuration information of the pre-configured Gap, and the terminal and the device can automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or Cell Group (Cell Group). The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap in the multi-carrier process, and is convenient for improving the communication performance; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the sending module 502 is further configured to send an RRC reconfiguration message, where the RRC reconfiguration message includes target configuration information; the target configuration information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule and the target configuration information.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the apparatus further includes a receiving module, configured to receive capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, where the capability information includes at least one of: 1) Automatically activating or deactivating the capability information of the preconfigured Gap; 2) Reporting the capability information of the state of the preconfigured Gap; 3) Preconfiguring Gap capability information in the multi-cell group; 4) Preconfiguring Gap capability information during carrier aggregation; 5) Preconfiguring Gap capability information in a multi-carrier unit; 6) Pre-configuring Gap capability information in single carrier unit; 7) Preconfigured Gap capability information at BWP combining; 8) Capability information received per carrier unit; 9) Capability information received in BWP.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the apparatus further includes a processing module, configured to determine the target configuration information according to the capability information.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the apparatus further includes a receiving module, configured to receive target state information, where the target state information includes at least one of: 1) The mark of the pre-configuration Gap; 2) The state of the pre-configured Gap comprises an activated state or a deactivated state; 3) The state of the preconfigured Gap after the state is changed; 4) An indication that the preconfigured Gap is active after BWP switching; 5) After BWP switching, the preconfigured Gap is an indication of a deactivated state; 6) An indication of a change in the status of the preconfigured Gap; 7) An indication that a timer-based BWP handoff is occurring; 8) Identification of activated BWP; 9) The BWP combined information after BWP switching at least includes a plurality of BWP information and carrier units where BWP corresponding to the BWP combined information is located.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the sending module 502 may be further configured to send acknowledgement information corresponding to the target state information; the confirmation information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule under the condition that the confirmation information is received by the terminal.

The apparatus 500 according to the embodiment of the present application may refer to the flow of the method 300 corresponding to the embodiment of the present application, and each unit/module in the apparatus 500 and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively for implementing the corresponding flow in the method 300, and may achieve the same or equivalent technical effects, which are not described herein for brevity.

The Gap activating or deactivating device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiments of fig. 2 to 3, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is provided herein.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 600, including a processor 601 and a memory 602, where the memory 602 stores a program or instructions that can be executed on the processor 601, for example, when the communication device 600 is a terminal, the program or instructions implement, when executed by the processor 601, the steps of the above-mentioned method embodiment of activating or deactivating Gap, and achieve the same technical effects. When the communication device 600 is a network side device, the program or the instruction, when executed by the processor 601, implements the steps of the above-described method embodiment for activating or deactivating Gap, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

The embodiment of the application also provides a terminal, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used for automatically activating or deactivating the pre-configuration Gap according to the target rule; wherein, the pre-configured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or a cell group, and the communication interface is used for receiving configuration information of the pre-configured Gap; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap. The terminal embodiment corresponds to the terminal-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved. Specifically, fig. 7 is a schematic hardware structure of a terminal for implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 700 includes, but is not limited to: at least some of the components of the radio frequency unit 701, the network module 702, the audio output unit 703, the input unit 704, the sensor 705, the display unit 706, the user input unit 707, the interface unit 708, the memory 709, and the processor 710.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 700 may further include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and that the power source may be logically coupled to the processor 710 via a power management system so as to perform functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 7 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than shown, or may combine certain components, or may be arranged in different components, which will not be described in detail herein.

It should be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the input unit 704 may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 7041 and a microphone 7042, with the graphics processor 7041 processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 706 may include a display panel 7061, and the display panel 7061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 707 includes at least one of a touch panel 7071 and other input devices 7072. The touch panel 7071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 7071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 7072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and so forth, which are not described in detail herein.

In this embodiment, after receiving downlink data from the network side device, the radio frequency unit 701 may transmit the downlink data to the processor 710 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 701 may send uplink data to the network side device. Typically, the radio unit 701 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The memory 709 may be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 709 may mainly include a first storage area storing programs or instructions and a second storage area storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, application programs or instructions (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 709 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or the memory 709 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double Data Rate SDRAM (ddr SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (Enhanced SDRAM), synchronous DRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct RAM (DRRAM). Memory 709 in embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Processor 710 may include one or more processing units; optionally, processor 710 integrates an application processor that primarily processes operations involving an operating system, user interface, application programs, and the like, and a modem processor that primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 710.

The radio frequency unit 701 may be configured to receive configuration information of a preconfigured Gap; a processor 710 operable to automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap according to the target rules; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap.

After receiving the configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap, the terminal provided by the embodiment of the application can automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configuration Gap according to the target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or Cell Group (Cell Group). The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the communication transmission is affected because the terminal cannot automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap in the multi-carrier process, and is convenient for improving the communication performance; while facilitating the saving of signaling overhead.

The terminal 700 provided in this embodiment of the present application may further implement each process of the above-mentioned method embodiment for activating or deactivating Gap, and may achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided and redundant description is omitted here.

The embodiment of the application also provides network side equipment, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used for sending configuration information of the pre-configured Gap; the configuration information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configuration Gap according to a target rule; the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap; the processor is used for automatically activating or deactivating the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule. The network side device embodiment corresponds to the network side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the network side device embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application also provides network side equipment. As shown in fig. 8, the network side device 800 includes: an antenna 81, a radio frequency device 82, a baseband device 83, a processor 84 and a memory 85. The antenna 81 is connected to a radio frequency device 82. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 82 receives information via the antenna 81, and transmits the received information to the baseband device 83 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 83 processes information to be transmitted, and transmits the processed information to the radio frequency device 82, and the radio frequency device 82 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 81.

The method performed by the network side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband apparatus 83, and the baseband apparatus 83 includes a baseband processor.

The baseband device 83 may, for example, include at least one baseband board, where a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 8, where one chip, for example, a baseband processor, is connected to the memory 85 through a bus interface, so as to call a program in the memory 85 to perform the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The network-side device may also include a network interface 86, such as a common public radio interface (common public radio interface, CPRI).

Specifically, the network side device 800 of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 85 and executable on the processor 84, the processor 84 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 85 to perform the method performed by the modules shown in fig. 5, and achieve the same technical effects, and are not repeated here.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored, where the program or the instruction implements each process of the above-mentioned method embodiment of activating or deactivating Gap when executed by a processor, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no detailed description is given here.

Wherein the processor is a processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes computer readable storage medium such as computer readable memory ROM, random access memory RAM, magnetic or optical disk, etc.

The embodiment of the application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction, implement each process of the above-mentioned method embodiment for activating or deactivating Gap, and achieve the same technical effect, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

It should be understood that the chips referred to in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as system-on-chip chips, or the like.

The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product, where the computer program/program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the above-mentioned method embodiment of activating or deactivating Gap, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and details are not repeated herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a system for activating or deactivating Gap, which comprises: the terminal can be used for executing the steps of the method for activating or deactivating the Gap, and the network side device can be used for executing the steps of the method for activating or deactivating the Gap.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order depending on the functions involved, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiment method may be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, but of course may also be implemented by means of hardware, but in many cases the former is a preferred embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a computer software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), comprising several instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method described in the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are also within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A method of activating or deactivating a Gap, comprising:

the terminal receives configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap;

the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a bandwidth portion BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the target rule comprises at least one of:

if the preconfigured Gap is not needed for measurement of any configuration on all BWP in the BWP combination, the preconfigured Gap is deactivated in the BWP combination;

the preconfigured Gap is active in the BWP combination if the preconfigured Gap is required for measurement of at least one configuration on at least one BWP in the BWP combination;

if in the cell group the preconfigured Gap is not needed for any configured measurements, the preconfigured Gap is deactivated in the cell group;

the preconfigured Gap is active in the cell group if it is required for measurement of at least one configuration in the cell group.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal automatically activating or deactivating the preconfigured Gap according to a target rule comprises: the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule and target configuration information associated with the pre-configured Gap; wherein the target configuration information includes at least one of:

one or more cell groups associated with the preconfigured Gap;

one or more secondary cells associated with the preconfigured Gap;

one or more BWP associated with the preconfigured Gap;

the indication information is used for indicating automatic activation or deactivation of the pre-configuration Gap;

reporting configuration information, wherein the reporting configuration information is used for reporting target state information when the terminal is configured to allow reporting.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the terminal is further configured to:

the terminal receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises the target configuration information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the target configuration information is carried by at least one of the RRC reconfiguration messages:

Measuring Gap configuration information; secondary cell configuration information; cell group configuration information.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein prior to the terminal receiving the RRC reconfiguration message, the method further comprises: the terminal sends capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, wherein the capability information comprises at least one of the following components:

automatically activating or deactivating the capability information of the preconfigured Gap;

reporting the capability information of the state of the preconfigured Gap;

preconfiguring Gap capability information in the multi-cell group;

preconfiguring Gap capability information during carrier aggregation;

preconfiguring Gap capability information in a multi-carrier unit;

pre-configuring Gap capability information in single carrier unit;

preconfigured Gap capability information at BWP combining;

capability information received per carrier unit;

capability information received in BWP.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the capability information is used by a network side device to determine or send the target configuration information.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising: the terminal transmits target state information, wherein the target state information comprises at least one of the following:

The mark of the pre-configuration Gap;

the state of the pre-configured Gap comprises an activated state or a deactivated state;

the state of the preconfigured Gap after the state is changed;

an indication that the preconfigured Gap is active after BWP switching;

after BWP switching, the preconfigured Gap is an indication of a deactivated state;

an indication of a change in the status of the preconfigured Gap;

an indication that a timer-based BWP handoff is occurring;

identification of activated BWP;

the BWP combined information after BWP switching at least includes a plurality of BWP information and carrier units where BWP corresponding to the BWP combined information is located.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the terminal transmitting the target state information comprises: the terminal sends target state information under the condition that target conditions are met; wherein the target condition includes at least one of:

allowing automatic activation or deactivation of the preconfigured Gap;

the terminal is configured to allow reporting;

a timer-based BWP handoff occurs;

BWP switching based on the downlink control information DCI occurs;

the state of the preconfigured Gap is changed;

the state of the preconfigured Gap is changed into an activated state;

The state of the preconfigured Gap changes to a deactivated state.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the terminal automatically activating or deactivating the preconfigured Gap according to a target rule comprises:

and under the condition that the terminal receives the confirmation information corresponding to the target state information, the terminal automatically activates or deactivates the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule.

11. A method of activating or deactivating Gap comprising:

the network side equipment sends configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap; the configuration information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configuration Gap according to a target rule; the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap;

and the network side equipment automatically activates or deactivates the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the target rule comprises at least one of:

13. The method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the method further comprises:

the network side equipment sends an RRC reconfiguration message which comprises target configuration information;

the target configuration information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule and the target configuration information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the target configuration information comprises at least one of:

one or more cell groups associated with the preconfigured Gap;

one or more secondary cells associated with the preconfigured Gap;

One or more BWP associated with the preconfigured Gap;

15. The method of claim 13, wherein before the network side device sends the RRC reconfiguration message, the method further comprises: the network side equipment receives capability information related to the preconfigured Gap, wherein the capability information comprises at least one of the following components:

reporting the capability information of the state of the preconfigured Gap;

preconfiguring Gap capability information in the multi-cell group;

preconfiguring Gap capability information during carrier aggregation;

preconfiguring Gap capability information in a multi-carrier unit;

pre-configuring Gap capability information in single carrier unit;

preconfigured Gap capability information at BWP combining;

capability information received per carrier unit;

capability information received in BWP.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises: and the network side equipment determines the target configuration information according to the capability information.

17. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 16, further comprising: the network side equipment receives target state information, wherein the target state information comprises at least one of the following components:

the mark of the pre-configuration Gap;

the state of the preconfigured Gap after the state is changed;

an indication that the preconfigured Gap is active after BWP switching;

an indication of a change in the status of the preconfigured Gap;

an indication that a timer-based BWP handoff is occurring;

identification of activated BWP;

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

the network side equipment sends confirmation information corresponding to the target state information;

the confirmation information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule under the condition that the confirmation information is received by the terminal.

19. An apparatus for activating or deactivating Gap, comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap;

the processing module is used for automatically activating or deactivating the pre-configured Gap according to a target rule; wherein the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the target rule comprises at least one of:

21. The apparatus of claim 19 or 20, wherein the processing module is configured to automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap according to a target rule and target configuration information associated with the preconfigured Gap; wherein the target configuration information includes at least one of:

one or more cell groups associated with the preconfigured Gap;

one or more secondary cells associated with the preconfigured Gap;

one or more BWP associated with the preconfigured Gap;

reporting configuration information, where the reporting configuration information is used to report target state information when the device is configured to allow reporting.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the receiving module is further configured to:

and receiving an RRC reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises the target configuration information.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising a transmitting module configured to transmit capability information associated with the preconfigured Gap, the capability information comprising at least one of:

Reporting the capability information of the state of the preconfigured Gap;

preconfiguring Gap capability information in the multi-cell group;

preconfiguring Gap capability information during carrier aggregation;

preconfiguring Gap capability information in a multi-carrier unit;

pre-configuring Gap capability information in single carrier unit;

preconfigured Gap capability information at BWP combining;

capability information received per carrier unit;

capability information received in BWP.

24. The apparatus according to any one of claims 19 to 23, further comprising a transmitting module configured to transmit target state information, the target state information comprising at least one of:

the mark of the pre-configuration Gap;

the state of the preconfigured Gap after the state is changed;

an indication that the preconfigured Gap is active after BWP switching;

an indication of a change in the status of the preconfigured Gap;

an indication that a timer-based BWP handoff is occurring;

identification of activated BWP;

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the means for transmitting is configured to transmit the target state information if a target condition is met; wherein the target condition includes at least one of:

allowing automatic activation or deactivation of the preconfigured Gap;

the apparatus is configured to allow reporting;

a timer-based BWP handoff occurs;

a DCI-based BWP handover occurs;

the state of the preconfigured Gap is changed;

the state of the preconfigured Gap is changed into an activated state;

the state of the preconfigured Gap changes to a deactivated state.

26. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the processing module is configured to automatically activate or deactivate the preconfigured Gap according to a target rule if the receiving module receives acknowledgement information corresponding to the target state information.

27. An apparatus for activating or deactivating Gap, comprising:

the sending module is used for sending configuration information of the pre-configuration Gap;

the configuration information is used for the terminal to automatically activate or deactivate the pre-configuration Gap according to a target rule; the preconfigured Gap is associated with a BWP combination or cell group; the target rule is related to whether the BWP combination or the cell group requires the preconfigured Gap;

And the processing module is used for automatically activating or deactivating the pre-configured Gap according to the target rule.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the target rule comprises at least one of:

29. The apparatus according to claim 27 or 28, wherein the sending module is further configured to send an RRC reconfiguration message, the RRC reconfiguration message including target configuration information;

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the target configuration information comprises at least one of:

one or more cell groups associated with the preconfigured Gap;

one or more secondary cells associated with the preconfigured Gap;

one or more BWP associated with the preconfigured Gap;

31. A terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, performs the steps of the method of activating or deactivating Gap as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10.

32. A network side device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, performs the steps of the method of activating or deactivating Gap as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 18.

33. A readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method of activating or deactivating Gap as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10, or the steps of the method of activating or deactivating Gap as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 18.